Health and life insurer Aflac AFL.N on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for second quarter profit, driven by steady premium ...

India and the Philippines have staged joint naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, a ...

Typhoon Krosa Set to Remain Near Japan's Ogasawara Islands until ... Typhoon Krosa Set to Move Closer to Japan's Kanto Region ...

The present-day grand sumo tournament originated from “kanjin zumo,” — events held to raise funds for temples or shrines ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured ...

Ongoing talks to open the Japanese market to Brazilian beef are focusing on supplies from three small Brazilian exporting ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star — a ...

Mazda Motor 7261.T said on Tuesday it expects a 145.2 billion yen ($987.02 million) hit to its operating profit this business ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on ...

Japan. Under a pair of mushroom clouds created by the enormous energy released by nuclear fission, the cities of Hiroshima ...

The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team has found through a new method using digital technology.

A scorching 41.6 C was recorded in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, shattering the all-time high for Japan.